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CUIFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,219, dated June2,1885.

Application filed February 18, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRANK, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cuffs, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved cuffs, partly insection. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same turned one-quarteraround and part being broken away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly insection, of an open cuff to which my improvement has been applied. Fig.4: is a side elevation of the same turned one-quarter around.

The object of this invention is to provide cuffs constructed in such amanner that they can be put on, secured in place, and taken off morereadily than cuffs constructed in the ordinary manner, and will be lessexpensive in manufacture, requiring less labor and less material.

The invention consists of the combination of parts, including theirconstruction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

The side edges of the cuff are overlapped and sewed together, and thetab is attached to the under-lapped end. The cuff having its side edgesoverlapped and sewed together and its underlapped end provided with atab, is tapered from end to end, whereby the said cuffs can be readilyput on, secured in place, and taken off, and can be compactly nested forstorage and transportation, as will be hereinafter fully described andthen claimed.

A represents a cuff which is made of two or more thicknesses ofmaterial. The end edges of the material are turned in and are secured inplace by rows of stitches in the ordinary manner. The side edges of thecuff can be overlapped, can be secured to each other by rows ofstitches, and can have button-holes B worked in them, so that studs canbe worn in the cuffs when desired; or the cuffs can be made open andtheir overlapped edges connected and held in place by studs G, in theordinary manner.

In the underlapped end of the cuff A is formed a short slit, 0, throughwhich is passed a tab, D. The tab D is made of two or more thicknessesof material, which are sewed together from the slit 0 to the outer endof the said tab. The parts of the strips forming the tab that are passedthrough the slit 0 are not sewed together, but are separated, are led inopposite directions between the thicknesses of material forming thecuff, and are secured in place by the rows of stitches that secure thesaid thicknesses of material to each other. The outer part of the tab Dis made of such a length that its outer end will project so far beyondthe end of the cuff A that the buttonhole E, formed in the saidprojecting end, can be readily buttoned upon a button attached to ashirt-sleeve.

The slit 0 is formed midway between the ends of the cuff A, so that thetab D can project through either of the said ends to adapt the cuff tobe worn either end outward.

The part of the cuff A through which the slit 0 is formed isstrengthened by a facingpiece, F, sewed to the inner thickness andhaving a slit formed through it, corresponding with the slit in the saidthickness of the cuff.

The cuffs A, when their ends are sewed together, are slightly taperedtoward one end, so that the said cuffs can be compactly nested forstorage or transportation.

Having thus described my inventioml claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination, with a cuff, A, having its sideedges overlapped and sewed to each other, of a tab, D, attached to theinner thickness of the underlapped side midway between the corners, andhaving its free end projecting at the end of the cuff, and provided witha button-hole, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby thesaid cuff can be readily put on, secured in place, and taken off, as setforth.

2. A cuff made substantially as herein shown and described, with itsoverlapped side edges sewed together, tapered from end to end, andprovided with a tab attached to the inner thickness of the cuff midwaybetween its ends and projecting at the end of the said cuff, whereby thecuffs can be readily put on, secured in place, and taken off, and can becompactly nested for storage or transportation, as set forth.

Witnesses: WILLIAM FRANK.

James T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGwIcK.

